Broadcast: April 30-June 4, 1989. On the surface, dashing Ralph Gorse is the kind of man any decent young woman would be happy to bring home to mother. But underneath, he's an amoral, calculating sexual adventurer and con man who'll stop at nothing, even murder, to climb into a high-society world shimmering with money and power.. . Nigel Havers stars in this drama based on a novel by Patrick Hamilton.. . Source: 'GBH Members Magazine, April 1989